FHWA Office of Innovative Program Delivery

The mission of the FHWA Office of Innovative Program Delivery (OIPD) is to improve transportation performance by driving innovation into action through partnerships, technology deployment and capacity building. OIPD is led by FHWA's first Chief Innovation Officer, Tony Furst. The office comprises four centers, each lead by a center Director.

OIPD works across FHWA to develop or align capacity building, technical support, and guidance to bring forward and accelerate the implementation of innovative designs, materials, construction and environmental techniques and practices, finance and revenue tools, public-private partnerships, and transportation workforce development practices and resources to help FHWA's partners meet the needs of a 21st century transportation system.

The work of the OIPD centers is advancing innovation in the transportation community.

Provide national leadership in the advancement of training, technical assistance, and innovation within Local, Tribal, and Federal Land Management Agency transportation networks. The Center collaborates with a diverse mix of partners in the delivery of those services, through three programs:

Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP)

Tribal Technical Assistance Program (TTAP)

Coordinated Technology Implementation Program (CTIP)

Create a culture that has a real desire to look beyond "business as usual."

Use innovative tools and practices that already work and giving them a boost to increase efficiencies and adaptation

Deploy technology and foster innovation as a key FHWA business process with the Office of Federal Lands Highway (FLH)

Serves as FHWA's liaison with the Build America Bureau. The center works in concert with the Bureau to identify and coordinate FHWA technical assistance for transportation projects receiving Bureau support.